ANNEX

AMOUNTS AND RATES OF SUPPORT

Article

Subject

Amount in EUR or rate

22(2)

Setting up support25

55 000

23(6)

Early retirement

18 000

Per transferor per year

180 000

Total amount per transferor

4 000

Per worker per year

40 000

Total amount per worker

24(2)

Advisory services

80 %

Of the eligible cost per advisory service

1 500

Maximum eligible amount

26(2)

Intensity of aid for the modernisation of agricultural holdings

60 %

Of the amount of eligible investment by young farmers in the areas referred to in Article 36(a)(i), (ii) and (iii)

50 %

Of the amount of eligible investment by other farmers in the areas referred to in Article 36(a)(i), (ii) and (iii)

50 %

Of the amount of eligible investment by young farmers in other areas

40 %

Of the amount of eligible investment by other farmers in other areas

75 %

Of the amount of eligible investment in the outermost regions and the smaller Aegean Islands within the meaning of Regulation (EEC) No 2019/93

75 %

Of the amount of eligible investment in the Member States which acceded to the Community on 1 May 2004, for the implementation of Council Directive 91/676/EEC24 within a maximum period of four years from the date of Accession pursuant to Articles 3(2) and 5(1) of that Directive

27(3)

Intensity of aid for the improvement of the economic value of forests

60 %26

Of the amount of eligible investment in the areas referred to in Article 36(a)(i), (ii) and (iii)

50 %

Of the amount of eligible investment in other areas

85 %26

Of the amount of eligible investment in the outermost regions

28(2)

Intensity of aid for adding value to agricultural and forestry products

50 %

Of the amount of eligible investment in regions eligible under the Convergence Objective

40 %

Of the amount of eligible investment in other regions

75 %

Of the amount of eligible investment in the outermost regions

65 %

Of the amount of eligible investment in the smaller Aegean Islands within the meaning of Regulation (EEC) No 2019/93

31(2)

Maximum amount of support for meeting standards

10 000

Per holding

32(2)

Maximum amount of support for participation in food quality schemes

3 000

Per holding

33

Intensity of aid for information and promotion activities

70 %

Of the eligible cost of the action

34(3)

Maximum amount for semi-subsistence agricultural holdings

1 500

Per agricultural holding per year

35(2)

Producer groups: ceiling, as a percentage of marketed production during the first five years following recognition

5 %, 5 %, 4 %, 3 %, and 2 %27

For the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th year respectively for marketed production up to EUR 1 000 000

2,5 %, 2,5 %, 2,0 %, 1,5 %

and 1,5 %

For the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th year respectively for marketed production exceeding EUR 1 000 000

But not exceeding in respect of each of the first five years the amount of

100 000

100 000

80 000

60 000

50 000

For the 1st year

For the 2nd year

For the 3rd year

For the 4th year

For the 5th year

37(3)

Minimum handicap payment

25

Per hectare of UAA

Maximum handicap payment for mountain areas

250

Per hectare of UAA

Maximum payment for areas with other handicaps

150

Per hectare of UAA

38(2)

Initial maximum Natura 2000 payment for a period not exceeding five years

50028

Per hectare of UAA

Normal maximum Natura 2000 payment

20028

Per hectare of UAA

39(4)

Annual crops

60028

Per hectare

Specialised perennial crops

90028

Per hectare

Other land uses

45028

Per hectare

Local breeds in danger of being lost to farming

20028

Per livestock unit

40(3)

Animal welfare

500

Per livestock unit

43(4)

Maximum annual premium to cover loss of income from afforestation

  • for farmers or associations thereof

700

Per hectare

  • for any other natural persons or private-law bodies

150

Per hectare

43(4), 44(4) and 45(3)

  • Intensity of aid for establishment costs

80 %26

Of eligible costs in the areas referred to in Article 36(a)(i), (ii) and (iii)

70 %

Of eligible costs in other areas

85 %26

Of eligible costs in the outermost regions

46 and 47(2)

Natura 2000 and forest-environment annual payment

  • minimum payment

40

Per hectare

  • maximum payment

20028

Per hectare

Council Directive 91/676/EEC of 12 December 1991 concerning the protection of waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources (OJ L 375, 31.12.1991, p. 1).

The setting up support may be given in the form of a single premium up to a maximum of EUR 40 000, or in the form of an interest rate subsidy, the capitalised value of which may not exceed EUR 40 000. For both forms of support combined, the maximum may not exceed EUR 55 000.

Not applicable in the case of State owned tropical οr subtropical forests and wooded areas of the territories of the Azores, Madeira, the Canary Islands, the smaller Aegean Islands within the meaning of Regulation (EEC) No 2019/93 and the French overseas departments.

In the case of Malta, the Commission may set a minimum amount of aid for sectors of production in which total output is extremely small.

These amounts may be increased in exceptional cases taking account of specific circumstances to be justified in the rural development programmes.